MicroSCADA Profor Substation Automation

Substation Automation Products

Perfect control – anywhere, anytime

MicroSCADA Pro is an investment for today and tomorrow. Start, for instance, with monitoring or gateway functionality and integrate control, redundancy, reporting or other additional functionalities in response to your needs later on. With MicroSCADA Pro your investment is secured with every step you take. Complete functionality MicroSCADA Pro is designed for complete functionality for real-time monitoring and control of primary and secondary equipment in transmission and distribution substations. It allows you to easily and safely interact with protection and control IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Device), as well as with the process via the operator’s workplace. This way, it effectively promotes taking the right actions and achieving the maxi-mized availability of your power system.

Secure operations and high availabilityRight and reliable information is the basis for correct and safe operations. MicroSCADA Pro maximizes information availabil-ity by supporting redundant system servers and communica-tion at any substation in every situation.

Personnel safetyMicroSCADA Pro increases personal safety in many ways and levels. The breakers and disconnectors are operated from a separate control room in the substation, which minimizes

the risk for personnel injuries. It further prohibits operation of objects, for instance, in maintenance situations, thus ensur-ing personnel safety. Notification of the on-going maintenance work can be attached to the process views and a control dialog to inform operators accordingly. MicroSCADA Pro also permits the definition of authorization levels for different user categories to prevent unauthorized actions.

Intuitive and consistent icons with selectable and pre-defined color schemes enhance the visual comfort for the operator. This makes it easy to master the overall harmony of the vari-ous information displays in your interface, and get familiar with the system quickly.

Apparatus safetyMicroSCADA Pro prevents simultaneous operation of primary equipment. It reserves the device and verifies whether the selected object can be operated before executing the com-mand. Additionally, stationwide interlocking schemes, which are complementary to the bay level interlocking, prevent dangerous operations that might otherwise damage primary equipment. Only authorized users can override interlocking and other locked operations.

Common safety procedures require that any mechanical or electrical equipment can be locked out and tagged out before being worked on. Responsible for meeting safety require-ments, rules and regulations, MicroSCADA Pro includes a lock-out/tag-out function. The lock-out/tag-out function ensures that control of objects in the application or other op-erations are properly secured prior to and during, for example, maintenance or servicing work. An application object in tag-out state can easily be identified on the HMI by the intuitive tag-out display symbol.

MicroSCADA Pro’s dynamic busbar coloring function pro-vides the operator with a quick access to information about the powered, un-powered and earthed parts of the busbar. Also alarming objects are visualized. The busbar coloring combined with object control simulation of MicroSCADA Pro ensure the safe and correct operation of your primary equip-ment.

MicroSCADA Pro provides a large number of cyber security features ranging from advanced user account management to built-in firewall and VPN capabilities, as well as secure remote access and Anti-Virus solutions. The security features help utilities and industries to implement secure systems and to meet the requirements of possible regulations, such as the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infra-structure Protection (NERC CIP).

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Perfect control – anywhere, anytime

1. Always correct actionsThe MicroSCADA Pro substation automation system ef-ficiently utilizes and refines data from the process, enabling you to access important information. Advanced categorization and priorization of data ensures that your operators receive the right amount of relevant information in all situations. For instance, different colors for the various types of entries in the event and alarm lists draw the operator’s attention, enabling right and timely corrective actions. This reduces outage time, power losses, and helps avoid possible penalties due to undelivered energy. The event list also permits verifying that actions taken have been successfully performed.

2. Disturbance analysisEasy access to event list and disturbance information allows you to analyze different types of faults. Advanced event log-ging and analysis, including filtering, will help you find exactly the information you need, for instance, to optimize the se-lectivity scheme of your protection equipment. With accurate time synchronization and time-tagging of events in protection and control IEDs, MicroSCADA Pro creates a strong basis for accurate disturbance analysis. You can utilize trends for ana-lyzing the process behavior and taking corrective measures in primary equipment.

3. Manual and automatic controlWith MicroSCADA Pro you can control different types of ob-jects, such as breakers, disconnectors and tap changers. You can also easily create additional control functions, for example to create shortcuts for activating or de-activating functions, such as auto-recloser.

An automatic control of objects based on user-defined sequences helps avoid human mistakes. For instance, a line can be connected or disconnected from the busbar using an automatic sequence. These sequences can be used also for load shedding and automatic busbar transfer, which reduces outage time significantly.

4. Optimized maintenance You can define automatic alarms to optimize the timing of maintenance through, for instance, monitoring of number of breaker operations, total circuit breaker wear or motor start-ups. This helps you save costs, as well as allows for an efficient utilization of the primary equipment – while avoiding environmental effects.

5. Power quality monitoringMicroSCADA Pro helps optimize your power quality through, for instance, monitoring and presenting of harmonic distor-tions, voltage drops and peaks measured by the protection and control IEDs. As a result, your power system fulfills the requirements set for power quality. Furthermore, it helps avoid damages and bad power quality, which may shorten the life-time of your primary equipment.

MicroSCADA Pro – Top five to save cost and optimize asset utilization

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Easy to handle and expand

Substation Automation System. Integrated Substation Control and Gateway.

With thousands of systems delivered, MicroSCADA Pro has made user-friendliness a standard for substation automation. For instance, a Microsoft Windows based user interface adds to operating comfort with familiar and easy-to-use functions.

From overview to detailed information Versatile measurement reports enable the effective monitor-ing of primary equipment load. In addition to that, an alarm list presents the cause, time, object and status information for alarms. With efficient setting and filtering tools, you can cus-tomize the alarm and event lists and reports in order to make them meet your specified needs. The hierarchical summary alarms give a good overview of the situation in the process, reducing the information flow to the essential in all situations.

MicroSCADA Pro features several application views that you can easily access from the drop down menus for single line diagrams, process displays, system supervision, lists, reports and engineering tools. You can also access object specific details by mouse-clicking any object icon, after which a dialog will appear with information and control possibilities. Func-tions, such as zooming, panning and de-cluttering enable smooth adjusting of the amount of information needed in dif-ferent situations.

Flexible adaptations MicroSCADA Pro based substation automation systems can be easily customized for your specific needs. You can, for instance, harmonize the look and feel of your interfaces in accordance with your company guidelines. MicroSCADA Pro also serves you with tools for translating your application and the system can be operated in several languages simultane-ously. Furthermore, you can efficiently execute modifications, add communication and automatic functions – while the system is in operation.

Extensive supervisionMicroSCADA Pro performs self-supervision to provide instant information about disturbances in system components. It also enables overall system supervision to detect failures in the secondary equipment, such as printers, which reduces the need for scheduled maintenance.

Application examples

Remote workstation Monitoring system

Control Center

MicroSCADA ProSystem Server andworkstation withIntegrated Gateway

Remote CommunicationIEC 101/IEC 104/DNP 3.0

Interbay bus I

Interbay bus II

Substation Automation and Monitoring System. Integrated Substation Control and Gateway. Remote workstation for monitoring and service connections.

Control Center

MicroSCADA ProSystem Server andworkstation withIntegrated Gateway

Remote CommunicationIEC 101/IEC 104/DNP 3.0

Interbay bus

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MicroSCADA Pro is a future-proof investment. Its modular design allows you to acquire the functionality you need. ABB’s unique connectivity concept makes it easy for you to extend your existing MicroSCADA Pro system when you are extending the substation with new bays.

Easy upgradingMicroSCADA Pro features complete backwards compatibility with earlier versions of MicroSCADA. Therefore any existing MicroSCADA system can be easily upgraded to the latest version of MicroSCADA Pro. This is possible due to the clear separation of MicroSCADA Pro software from your system specific application data. When an upgrade is done, all the system specific data and the application can be fully re-used without re-engineering. This means that your existing appli-cation will run as it is in the new product version. The re-use of the data minimizes the need for tests, which significantly shortens the engineering and commissioning time.

Reap the benefits from new technologiesMicroSCADA Pro runs on standard and industry grade PCs. This allows you to benefit from the latest PC technology and related equipment. It also supports the latest Windows oper-ating systems to allow easy integration of 3rd party applica-tions, such as AutoCAD drawings, documentation and Excel sheets. These applications can be attached to objects and opened and edited directly via MicroSCADA Pro displays, for instance via the single line diagram. Additionally, MicroSCADA Pro supports remote access and mobile technologies to en-sure easy control of your substations anywhere and anytime.

MicroSCADA Pro is available pre-installed and tested at the ABB factory on solid state industry-grade PC. This Micro-SCADA Pro SYS 600C does not contain any moving or otherwise vulnerable parts. It features high scalability and modern architecture, and is easy to adapt and expand. You can enjoy its ease of use as a communication gateway, as a control system HMI, or as a communication server in both industrial and electrical utility applications. Robust and compact, it is also an ideal solution for harsh and demanding environments in different types of industries.

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Substation Automation System. Combined IEC 61850 and LON based system with redundant system servers, two workstations and separate gateway.

Application examples

Control Center

Control Center

MicroSCADA ProSystem Server and workstation

Remote CommunicationIEC 101/IEC 104/DNP 3.0

MicroSCADA ProCommunication Gateway

Interbay busIEC 61850 (Ring configuration)

MicroSCADA ProWorkstations

Interbay bus I

MicroSCADA ProRedundant System Servers

MicroSCADA ProCommunication gateway

Station bus LAN TCP/IP

Substation Automation System. Separate substation control and gateway.

Designed to communicate and connect

MicroSCADA Pro ensures the optimized control and reliable operation of your switchyard through seamless integration and connectivity between different devices and systems. It supports an extensive range of standard and de-facto standard communication protocols and interfaces.

IEC 61850 compliantMicroSCADA Pro is compliant with the IEC 61850 standard for substation automation. This means that it can operate together with IEC 61850 compliant IEDs, tools and systems, which simplifies system engineering. It also features both OPC server and client interfaces to enable easy integration with market and application specific systems and devices. With IEC 61850 support, MicroSCADA Pro creates seamless com-munication and connectivity opportunities for its users.

MicroSCADA Pro supports redundant communication on the station bus according to the IEC 62439 standard. The solu-tion from ABB utilizes the IEC 62439-3 standardized Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP). PRP improves fault tolerance and communication system reliability. It also features a unique capability of zero seconds’ recovery time in case of commu-nication failure. This means that there will be no interruption in communication if one link fails as the other link instantaneously takes over the communication. As a result, there is no data lost when communication failures are detected.

Supervision of communication links provides on-line status information, and, if a failure occurs, an alarm is sent to the IED and the substation automation system. This also allows for maintenance of the system while it is in operation. Thus, redundant communication further improves personnel safety and ensures that the necessary information about the system is available for operators in all situations.

All included for engineeringMicroSCADA Pro supports ABB’s unique connectivity pack-age concept, which simplifies system engineering and reduces the risks of errors in system integration. The connec-tivity packages contain a complete description of the IEDs, consisting of data signals, parameters, addresses and IED documentation. MicroSCADA Pro automatically configures the signal data based on the information provided by the connec-tivity package, which significantly reduces engineering time.

The MicroSCADA Pro software package contains complete engineering tool set, connectivity packages and libraries including symbols and control dialogs. The copy and paste functions enable, for instance, easy system extension. Thus MicroSCADA Pro also offers a ready-to-use engineering envi-ronment for system integrators.

MicroSCADA Pro also offers facilities for communication diagnostic and troubleshooting purposes. All data transmitted on the communication line is recorded and can be displayed for problem analysis. This is useful especially in system testing and when building-up new projects.

Open to integration with tools and systemsThe MicroSCADA Pro substation automation system allows you to directly access parameter setting and efficiently handle disturbance information. In addition, in hierarchical systems where MicroSCADA Pro is used both at the substation level and for network control, it provides a mirroring function. This function enables easy signal mapping, without the need for conventional gateway functionality. Furthermore, MicroSCA-DA Pro’s standard and de-facto standard interfaces enable smooth connection to your other systems and tools.

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More than 20 years experience in global substation automation in transmission and distribution applications allows ABB to serve you with world-class knowledge. With our comprehensive selection of services we can help you improve your power system performance under diverse operational and disturbance situations. As a result, you can reap the full benefits from your investment.

Local and remote supportMore than 1,000 experienced MicroSCADA Pro engineers in more than 50 countries are prepared to serve and support you in your local language with local know-how.

Additionally, ABB provides fast and efficient trouble-shooting service, for instance, through remote connection to the sys-tem. Your MicroSCADA Pro substation automation system

can be analyzed in detail, and the required programming and software updates can be made immediately and remotely anytime during the life cycle of your substation automation system.

TrainingOur versatile standard course offering and fully customized training programs enable your engineers and operators to fully utilize the MicroSCADA Pro substation automation system. Our training courses include extensive hands-on sessions and well-documented exercises. As a result, your personnel will be well prepared both for handling the system in daily operation, as well as for managing any type of disturbance situation.

MicroSCADA Pro for Substation Automation Technology summary:

• GPS time synchronization

• Versatile language support, including operator-specific languages

• Extensive multi-level user-authorization handling

• High performance and availability

• Remote workstations – (also web-based)

• Standard PC hardware and Microsoft windows operating systems

• Master protocols: LON, SPA, IEC 61850-8-1, IEC 60870-5-101,

IEC 60870-5-103, IEC 60870-5-104, RP 570/571, DNP 3.0 Serial/

LAN, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, ANSI X3.28 FD/HD,

Modbus TCP/IP, I35/P214, ADLP 180, RCOM

• Slave protocols: IEC 60870-5-101, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP 3.0

Serial/LAN, RP 570/571, F4F (Westinghouse)

• Open interfaces: OPC DA client & server, ODBC client, DDE client,

Application programming interfaces for application & communication

extensions

• System performance verified at the ABB System Verification Center

• OPC, please refer to www.opcfoundation.org

Functions & Features

• Control and monitoring of the primary process

• Single line diagram with bus bar coloring

• Event and alarm lists

• Trends

• Blocking list

• System supervision

• Setting of relay parameters

• Uploading and evaluation of disturbance record files

• Power-quality monitoring

• Data concentration and signal grouping

• Solution libraries for efficient integration of ABB’s Substation

Automation IEDs

• Standard solutions and open interfaces and protocols for

integration of 3rd party IEDs

• Adaptation to customer-specific requirements: displays,

signal handling etc.

• Integrated on-line configuration tools

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